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... up with that history and start by talking about that phone call you received from George W.S. Abbey in 1978. Would you share those memories with us? '''Coats:''' Sure, yes ... voice said, “Would you hold for George Abbey,” and I thought that was good news, that George was calling. So I was pretty excited. Fortunately George came on and said in his own ... Dick's wife started complaining about the Houston weather and how miserable it was here. George's wife at the time basically said, “Well, you can't do anything about it ...

... , and I’m ignoring this guy here. John says, “This is George W.S. Abbey.” I go, “Oh, hi, George Abbey.” Then we go in and we sit down, and the next ... should have known who the big guy was. It wasn’t John Young. It was George Abbey, and I did not know that. So it was an interesting start. But an ... at Eglin that had been interviewed and were waiting, and I got a call from George Abbey. My office was remotely located from the rest of the test pilots, because we ...

... very interesting. The Director at the time at the Johnson Space Center was George W. S. Abbey. George Abbey was a major player in a lot of things I did at the ... the Naval Institute in Annapolis, Maryland, met with him, and saw their oral history project. George is a big history buff. He went to the Naval Academy even though he went ... Eisenhower Center for American Studies . He wrote about Lewis and Clark and Band of Brothers. George liked that historical stuff, so he said, "How can we get Stephen Ambrose involved?" in ...

... , running simulations. At a party at J. O. John O. Creighton’s house, the astronaut, George W. S. Abbey, who was the head of the directorate—and I’ve forgotten how ... quarters to tell them what happened. I should tell you, Crippen was really angry with George Abbey for having me work that week. He said, “That was an honor. She’s ... the Shuttle training aircraft for practice, both of them, the next morning. So they got George to give permission for me to fly with them, provided that I got there, was ...

... get selected.” I had a little bit of fun with the board. Mr. George W.S. Abbey, George, was running the show there at the time and I had done my homework ... here. I think we’re not as important as some people think we are. Like George Carlin says, the Earth’s going shake us off like a bad case of fleas ... :''' That’s interesting. I’ve never heard that one before. '''Duffy:''' You haven’t heard George’s talk about it? He says, well, we’re just—you know, people are complaining ...

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... a conference room by a group of 10 to 15 people. The group included Mr. George (W.S.) Abbey, Vance Brand, Carolyn Huntoon, Joe Atkinson and many others. I did not ... the selection public. However, after arriving in the office, I received a call from Mr. George Abbey, who informed me that I had been selected. Mr. Abbey was head of the ... on the flight. At that moment, Dick Truly looked over at Mr. Abbey and said, “George, can I fly on STS-8? Can I fly with these guys on STS-8 ...

... . Young was head of the astronaut office. But I think everybody pretty much believed that George was the ultimate assigner of crews, so he assigned the crews and it went from ... became Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations. What were your duties there and responsibilities? '''Brandenstein:''' George Abbey was head of Flight Crew Operations. Basically the flying program out at Ellington Field ...

... . '''Ross-Nazzal:''' What impact did it have on the program when Joe Shea left and George M. Low came on board as the Program Manager? '''Kehlet:''' Didn’t have too much ... be the Chief Engineer of the Space Station when you come back to California.” And George Mueller made the statement I would be in the Shuttle. Bergen said, “Well, I correct ... for Aliant phonetic on their solid-fuel rocket, and I did some consulting work for George Mueller in his Kistler Aerospace Corporation . But I find that between all the traveling we ...

... your stories. This is exactly the type of information— '''Fuqua:''' Well … Brainerd Holmes left and George E. Mueller came on board—Mueller Miller we used to refer to him—and we ... . I know that's hard to believe. They were building up Huntsville Alabama and the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center . The first time I went to Huntsville, it was an ... Dale D. Myers, who was later Director of the Office of Manned Space Flight, followed George E. Mueller. Dale was at North American Rockwell, and he was the project manager on ...

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